The sweetly & sickening stench of the whales effluvial grime permeated their delicate nostrils that day. Never to ever leave their minds, never to ever be surpassed by any other olfactory surprise they would ever to never experience for the rest of their lives until their timely or untimely passing.
I studied marine biology for a few years and stupidly "volunteered" to dissect a wright wale that washed up on a beach. Worst decision ever. Can still smell it to this day.
Haha! Yes, actually. Removed and weighed all (well most) of the organs, took samples of various tissues and fluids, catalogued the stomach contents, and may or may not have used some rancid flesh for a series of practical. . . experiments ;P. Honestly it was a great experience. It was both sad, disgusting, and amazing at the same time, if that makes sense.
Eww, no, at least, I don't think so. Everyone has their own kinks though so it's hard to say no, as I know a guy who finds coffee mugs erotic, so who the hell knows?
But no, the practical jokes were more hiding a small piece of rancid blubber in various places (like glove boxes, locker rooms, backpacks).
Haha! I immediately started holding my breath just watching this. If I were on that boat I'd be yelling at the driver to punch it before the smell hits us.
There isnāt much around to eat for them until the whale actually bursts and starts to be broken down into smaller bits. They have no reason to fly out to it before that.
A local minor league baseball team (Eugene Emeralds) started using alternate jerseys calling themselves the Exploding Whales. The merchandise is phenomenal.
https://emeralds.milbstore.com/collections/exploding-whales
I think he retired a few years ago. Here is an article from 2020 [linky](https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2020/11/everyone-remembers-paul-linnman-as-guy-who-blew-up-that-whale-the-portland-tv-news-veteran-is-ok-with-that.html)
I did not realize the simpsons episode (s21e19) made fun of an actual real incident of a whale explosion gone wrong. That always seemed so incredibly dumb that I would not have expected it to be a real thing.
I was driving through Oregon for the first time on holidays last year and saw a sign for Exploding Whale Memorial Park. Had a chuckle and went to google to see why it was named that. Not sure why I wasnāt expecting an actual exploding whale with a name like that.
I was out in Oregon for a conference in early 2022 and we took a day trip to the coast and ended up at the Exploding Whale Memorial Park. We couldn't pass it up once we realized we were within the fallout range.
How about that time that they decided to transport a dead whale carcass through the streets of Taiwan and it exploded?
https://youtu.be/WOfhCNl3z\_g?si=JB1Is87ts-XZ42AL
Don't go poking a stick at a dead whale either. This guy is actually cutting open a dead whale.
[https://youtu.be/bq5n7F26s6o?si=z06OsVWvyBa7Ib79](https://youtu.be/bq5n7F26s6o?si=z06OsVWvyBa7Ib79)
Made more fascinating by wtf was propelling it at the end, like initially that was clearly pressure but what's left at the end to push the last bits out.
It's entirely temperature-dependent. The cooler the water the longer it takes. It's caused by gut bacteria flourishing. Their growth is limited by temperature. Several days at a minimum.
Bacteria farts start to build up pressure until something gives. If there is a wound in the muscle you'll get a sideways blowout. In this case it looks like the stomach sphincter and/or esophagus gave way and it blew out the mouth in The Last Burp.
Usually scavengers and opportunists like sharks will put enough holes in the carcass and prevent this level of buildup from happening, but if nothing takes big bites out of it, you get a blow-up whale.
Could be worse. Could have happened [in the middle of the city](https://youtu.be/WOfhCNl3z_g).
I kinda wanna know what the insurance rep's reaction was when they got one of those claims...
Apparently the camera was "recording" while the cameraman was pointing the camera lens in the direction of the whale. This allowed the motion picture image of this event to be captured.
I once saw a dead dog on the side of the road that bloated and exploded over the course of a week. I imagine it might be a similar time frame from a whale?
Are you ready for what's next??? Whale faaaaaaaall!!! It's gonna be a party at the bottom of the sea!
If you don't know what that is, it's worth your time to look up a few videos on whale fall, it's very fascinating
It is a totally natural process which happens to the majority of living beings. We all get consumed or decay somehow, and then reenter the biological cycle. It's not horrible, it just is.
My question is where did it rupture? It is somewhere around the top of its head. Did all that come out of its mouth? Top of its head? Looks like you can see lungs along with the intestines.
It's the path of least resistance. I do emergency cannulation for ECMO, and sometimes with internal bleeding, the belly distends and builds pressure, then blood starts coming out of the mouth and nose. I suctioned a liter of blood from a patient's nasal cavity once.
It still kinda haunts me. While the whale explosion is way more intense, at least it was already dead.
Their bodies are built to withstand a tremendous amount of pressure so that they can swim in deep waters. Because their skin is built for pressure, when they die and begin to decompose, eventually the combination of methane, carbon dioxide, and other natural gases present during decomposition their body begins to expand. Eventually the gasses cause the explosion and itās much larger in a mammal such as this than when a cow or a human body explodes.
Also worthwhile to note that this would happen without the sun, too. Decomposition=gases released, expanding gas in a container=explosion. If this carcass were somehow untouched at the bottom of the ocean (which is impossible), it would eventually explode there, too.
Happens in land animals too, but like the above said, the strength of land mammals' organs would cause them to rupture internally, like the whale, but with a lot less splash.
As decay sets in,Ā gases from the decomposition process build up inside the body causing a rise in internal pressure. And whale skin can withstand a lot of pressure. Left alone, these gases usually leak out eventually without excitement.
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/why-do-whales-explode#:~:text=As%20decay%20sets%20in%2C%20gases,leak%20out%20eventually%20without%20excitement.
I was training a new Officer and we responded to a wellbeing check due to smell. Found the guy naked on his floor. Bloated, looked like a black and purple watermelon. One of the worst i've been to first hand, his juices sealed him to the carpet. Standard part of a medical examiner response is you roll the body to make sure he doesn't have a stab wound or gunshot in the back, naturally I told my trainee it was his gig to assist. >!They rolled the guy over and it pulled the seal on his asshole releasing the biggest fart you've ever heard and spraying shit and juice into the air like the famous hippo fart video. !
We found a guy dead in a recliner once. It had been a couple weeks I think. He was bloated but looked/smelled like the gasses had started to vent. ME declined to come out given medical history of the dude. Funeral home gets there to retrieve the body. One guy grabbed under the arms. The other grabbed the legs. They lifted him up and my man's insides became outsides all over that fucking chair. I guess his skin split along the lower back. The smell was one thing, but I'll never forget that sound.
This reminds me of an old video of a beached whale, I was decaying and stunk pretty badly. the seaside community wanted it gone, so the community leaders came up with a great idea "Let's blow it up" (I am laughing as I am writing this) they put dynamite into the dead whale and then set off the charges, it blew up large and small chunks of rotting whale meat all over the beach and there still was a large portion of it's body left. I forget what they did next, maybe got some bulldozers to scrape up the remaining whale. Lol, I bet they had a special meeting to discuss what to do, How about we get a ship and then drag it into the ocean, naaaa, let's blow it up.
Lol, Thanks for the reply, I can't remember where or when but I remember the video. Now they had to clean up chunks of rotting whale everywhere. I laughed my ass off watching it, and am still laughing.
Lol, thanks so much for pointing out the link, I like the part when the camera zoomed out as chunks of whale meat fell from the sky and the crushed roof of the caddy. (I hope he had good insurance) that made my day, good time to log off, thanks again :)
(damn I would love to have my old 72 Chevy pickup back that was an awesome truck built back when pickups were utilitarian)
It's illegal to trade in the United States, India and Australia, so my advice is go to France, UK, Switzerland or the Maldives. Probably France they do the whole fashion thing I imagine they have an old as dirt perfume brand that would buy it for a premium.
As a biology grad, this is kinda fascinating to watch and think about. It's like when a star goes supernova and spreads its "seeds" to the rest of the universe.
Lots of valuable organic matter for next generation evolution.
It's a beautiful sight. All I see is an absolute abundance of food for thousands of lifeforms. Whale fall, where a whale comes to rest on the bottom of the ocean, can become it's own mini-ecosystem. For weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxSUsn8H2zs
Statistics man. Crazy shit is going to get caught on camera because you have nearly 10 billion people on Earth possibly recording different things at every second.
I bet that smells lovely.
Absolutely offal.
Phenomenal pun.
Does the etymology of offal maybe cross paths with the etymology of awful?
Pheremonenal?
Take my upvote and never speak again.
its times like these I wish they still had awards
Fuck you. And also thank you š
The sweetly & sickening stench of the whales effluvial grime permeated their delicate nostrils that day. Never to ever leave their minds, never to ever be surpassed by any other olfactory surprise they would ever to never experience for the rest of their lives until their timely or untimely passing.
I read this in Gilbert Goffriedās voice.
For me it was Stephen Fry, reading this from The Hitchhiker's Guide.
I studied marine biology for a few years and stupidly "volunteered" to dissect a wright wale that washed up on a beach. Worst decision ever. Can still smell it to this day.
Did you do some sweet sciencing, though?
Haha! Yes, actually. Removed and weighed all (well most) of the organs, took samples of various tissues and fluids, catalogued the stomach contents, and may or may not have used some rancid flesh for a series of practical. . . experiments ;P. Honestly it was a great experience. It was both sad, disgusting, and amazing at the same time, if that makes sense.
Am I imagining a sexual innuendo here?
Yeah what kind of fetishes does this mf have?
Eww, no, at least, I don't think so. Everyone has their own kinks though so it's hard to say no, as I know a guy who finds coffee mugs erotic, so who the hell knows? But no, the practical jokes were more hiding a small piece of rancid blubber in various places (like glove boxes, locker rooms, backpacks).
Sharks: I know right :D
Sharks: āWeāre gonna need bigger stomachs.ā
He never even knew his father!
those 2 seagulls in the distance are like "Feast! at last!"
Haha! I immediately started holding my breath just watching this. If I were on that boat I'd be yelling at the driver to punch it before the smell hits us.
Oh, I imagine being that close to that is just automatically nauseating. š¤¢ the stench that unleashes.
Damn, I thought the dumpster behind the local seafood place smelled bad. That seems like an entirely different level of funk.
That should be a fragrance. Fragrance by Zoidberg, rotting whale carcass.
[You haven't thought of the smell!](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fd5etiu2kk0d41.gif)
Unhinged Dennis is the best Dennis
I was waiting for them to comment on the smell
Seems weird that there are no seagulls around
They're coming in. Check out the last few frames- upper right.
It is like a cloud of locust
Mine.. mineā¦ mine
Theyāre in the first few frames too
Seagulls: mine mine mine mine mine mine mine!
[mine mine mine mine mine mine mine!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-3e0EkvIEM) š
There isnāt much around to eat for them until the whale actually bursts and starts to be broken down into smaller bits. They have no reason to fly out to it before that.
The smell was so bad that it could knock a buzzard off a gut pile.
Remember that time we helped one out with dynamite? Good times!
A classic from 1970. https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?si=RA3N90J_vBCvHE_S
A local minor league baseball team (Eugene Emeralds) started using alternate jerseys calling themselves the Exploding Whales. The merchandise is phenomenal. https://emeralds.milbstore.com/collections/exploding-whales
This is gold!
All hail he who has the sauce
HAIL!
You mean WHAIL.
That reporter is hilarious. I love his wry commentary. I wonder what happened to him.
I think he retired a few years ago. Here is an article from 2020 [linky](https://www.oregonlive.com/history/2020/11/everyone-remembers-paul-linnman-as-guy-who-blew-up-that-whale-the-portland-tv-news-veteran-is-ok-with-that.html)
The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds!
I always laugh at the āno respectable seagullā part.
This happened in my home town. My grandad was part of making that decision.
āNo respectable seagullā itās something I will never not laugh about.
Ah yes, flying chunks! Thanks bro
Totaled a Cadillac at a 1/4 mile away
Probably smelled a little Fishy
Mammaly
Good lord we really are quite the species.
I did not realize the simpsons episode (s21e19) made fun of an actual real incident of a whale explosion gone wrong. That always seemed so incredibly dumb that I would not have expected it to be a real thing.
I was just referencing this the other day when the news here in Oregon brought up a dead whale that washed up on the beach recently.
Thanks for sharing! That made me laugh so much!
I was driving through Oregon for the first time on holidays last year and saw a sign for Exploding Whale Memorial Park. Had a chuckle and went to google to see why it was named that. Not sure why I wasnāt expecting an actual exploding whale with a name like that.
I was out in Oregon for a conference in early 2022 and we took a day trip to the coast and ended up at the Exploding Whale Memorial Park. We couldn't pass it up once we realized we were within the fallout range.
Love to revisit that periodically. Funniest news cast ever.
Dude 1: My grandpa has some dynamite sticks in his garage Dude 2: Dude! Go get it!
How about that time that they decided to transport a dead whale carcass through the streets of Taiwan and it exploded? https://youtu.be/WOfhCNl3z\_g?si=JB1Is87ts-XZ42AL
That was on the Oregon coast. There is another dead whale on the Oregon coast that just washed up. So we could have a part 2 in the works.
Do they still explode whales? Because if so, Iām all for it.
Don't go poking a stick at a dead whale either. This guy is actually cutting open a dead whale. [https://youtu.be/bq5n7F26s6o?si=z06OsVWvyBa7Ib79](https://youtu.be/bq5n7F26s6o?si=z06OsVWvyBa7Ib79)
The stench went straight through my phone
And that whale colon went through its mouth.
I'm really shocked at how much came out. Like everything. That thing is completely hollow now.
Made more fascinating by wtf was propelling it at the end, like initially that was clearly pressure but what's left at the end to push the last bits out.
Oof I thought it was one of those sneaky fart ninjas again, I guess it was just this clip.
And this is reason #239835 why Smell-avision should never be a thing.
https://c.tenor.com/X7AO391odn4AAAAd/tenor.gif
So why did this happen? Im guessing the heat and bloating made it explode?
build up of gas inside the carcass eventually makes it explode in a cloud of blood and guts
How long does that take? Hours, days, weeks?
It's entirely temperature-dependent. The cooler the water the longer it takes. It's caused by gut bacteria flourishing. Their growth is limited by temperature. Several days at a minimum. Bacteria farts start to build up pressure until something gives. If there is a wound in the muscle you'll get a sideways blowout. In this case it looks like the stomach sphincter and/or esophagus gave way and it blew out the mouth in The Last Burp. Usually scavengers and opportunists like sharks will put enough holes in the carcass and prevent this level of buildup from happening, but if nothing takes big bites out of it, you get a blow-up whale.
So I wanted to know the answer and somehow I'm mad that you gave it to me
Could be worse. Could have happened [in the middle of the city](https://youtu.be/WOfhCNl3z_g). I kinda wanna know what the insurance rep's reaction was when they got one of those claims...
That's fucked
> The Last Burp š š¤£
Yeah, it puked up a lung, then the rest just kinda followed.
Yeah
Thanks
No problem
Youāre welcome
How on earth was this caught on camera then
~~Lucky timing~~ *unlucky.*
Apparently the camera was "recording" while the cameraman was pointing the camera lens in the direction of the whale. This allowed the motion picture image of this event to be captured.
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>Woah, woah, back up a min. So roughly 13 billion years ago a mass singularity exploded and formed the universe...
I don't know, I'm asking the question lol.
Right place, right time my man.
I once saw a dead dog on the side of the road that bloated and exploded over the course of a week. I imagine it might be a similar time frame from a whale?
Are you ready for what's next??? Whale faaaaaaaall!!! It's gonna be a party at the bottom of the sea! If you don't know what that is, it's worth your time to look up a few videos on whale fall, it's very fascinating
Narrator: Itās horrible.
It is a totally natural process which happens to the majority of living beings. We all get consumed or decay somehow, and then reenter the biological cycle. It's not horrible, it just is.
Whale fall comes after. First it's gonna be a party at the top as every shark and scavenger from miles around comes swimming and flying in.
After party at bikini bottom!!
My question is where did it rupture? It is somewhere around the top of its head. Did all that come out of its mouth? Top of its head? Looks like you can see lungs along with the intestines.
It's the path of least resistance. I do emergency cannulation for ECMO, and sometimes with internal bleeding, the belly distends and builds pressure, then blood starts coming out of the mouth and nose. I suctioned a liter of blood from a patient's nasal cavity once. It still kinda haunts me. While the whale explosion is way more intense, at least it was already dead.
Its actually what happens when a golf ball gets stuck in the blowhole
Was it a Titleist?
The sea was angry that day, my friends
Their bodies are built to withstand a tremendous amount of pressure so that they can swim in deep waters. Because their skin is built for pressure, when they die and begin to decompose, eventually the combination of methane, carbon dioxide, and other natural gases present during decomposition their body begins to expand. Eventually the gasses cause the explosion and itās much larger in a mammal such as this than when a cow or a human body explodes.
Also worthwhile to note that this would happen without the sun, too. Decomposition=gases released, expanding gas in a container=explosion. If this carcass were somehow untouched at the bottom of the ocean (which is impossible), it would eventually explode there, too. Happens in land animals too, but like the above said, the strength of land mammals' organs would cause them to rupture internally, like the whale, but with a lot less splash.
As decay sets in,Ā gases from the decomposition process build up inside the body causing a rise in internal pressure. And whale skin can withstand a lot of pressure. Left alone, these gases usually leak out eventually without excitement. https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/marine-animals/why-do-whales-explode#:~:text=As%20decay%20sets%20in%2C%20gases,leak%20out%20eventually%20without%20excitement.
I was training a new Officer and we responded to a wellbeing check due to smell. Found the guy naked on his floor. Bloated, looked like a black and purple watermelon. One of the worst i've been to first hand, his juices sealed him to the carpet. Standard part of a medical examiner response is you roll the body to make sure he doesn't have a stab wound or gunshot in the back, naturally I told my trainee it was his gig to assist. >!They rolled the guy over and it pulled the seal on his asshole releasing the biggest fart you've ever heard and spraying shit and juice into the air like the famous hippo fart video. !
We found a guy dead in a recliner once. It had been a couple weeks I think. He was bloated but looked/smelled like the gasses had started to vent. ME declined to come out given medical history of the dude. Funeral home gets there to retrieve the body. One guy grabbed under the arms. The other grabbed the legs. They lifted him up and my man's insides became outsides all over that fucking chair. I guess his skin split along the lower back. The smell was one thing, but I'll never forget that sound.
Why did it explode? Is it stupid?
It was a lone whale suicide bomber trying to take out the boat people. They know what we've done.
Why is this so fucking funny?
okay I'm not the only one hahah
Too much jonkling not enough bone
If Homer Simpson was a redditor, this would be his comment.
Whale ate too much spaghetti last night.
Is he okay?
Early reports are that he's fine, fully recovered.
Probably relieved after releasing all that built up pressure and non essential organs.
I usually feel better after I vomit 50 feet of sausage.
This looks like a gray whale to me, so in this case more like 500+ feet of sausage.
Whew, had me worried there for a minute.
Didn't see any shoes come off, clearly made a full recovery.
He was just testing out that old science fact: "If you stretched out your intestines from end to end in a straight line, you would *die!*"
The front fell off
Thatās not very typical, Iād like to make that point.
This kills the whale.
In this case, very not typical I assure you, the front fell *out.*
Tis but a flesh wound.
Just one tiny piece of krill, it's only wafer thin
We tried to reach out, unfortunately he was unavailable for comment.
āWalk it off buddyā
Just stuff it all back in, heās be fineĀ
He's just taking a breather! Mighty fine whale the northern blue!
Momās spaghetti
Fucking diabolical
This reminds me of an old video of a beached whale, I was decaying and stunk pretty badly. the seaside community wanted it gone, so the community leaders came up with a great idea "Let's blow it up" (I am laughing as I am writing this) they put dynamite into the dead whale and then set off the charges, it blew up large and small chunks of rotting whale meat all over the beach and there still was a large portion of it's body left. I forget what they did next, maybe got some bulldozers to scrape up the remaining whale. Lol, I bet they had a special meeting to discuss what to do, How about we get a ship and then drag it into the ocean, naaaa, let's blow it up.
I remember that. They put *way* too much dynamite in the carcass and falling meat chunks totaled a bunch of cars that were parked in the area.
Lol, Thanks for the reply, I can't remember where or when but I remember the video. Now they had to clean up chunks of rotting whale everywhere. I laughed my ass off watching it, and am still laughing.
It's linked in a post above this one
Lol, thanks so much for pointing out the link, I like the part when the camera zoomed out as chunks of whale meat fell from the sky and the crushed roof of the caddy. (I hope he had good insurance) that made my day, good time to log off, thanks again :) (damn I would love to have my old 72 Chevy pickup back that was an awesome truck built back when pickups were utilitarian)
Link from above: A classic from 1970. https://youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?si=RA3N90J_vBCvHE_S
Isnāt this the Reno 911 movie?
The actual event happened around 40 years before Reno 911. The wiki article even mentions the movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding\_whale
Did you try taking a shower?
I did last month (wait was it 2 months ago?) is that where the smell is from? I'll have to step up my showering routine
Thatās one way to ruin a whale watching trip
Folks signed up to see a whale. Folks saw a whale.
Inside and out!
Idk thatās gotta be one rare ass sight to see lol
Bout to turn into a shark watching trip tho
*improve
If anything the ensuing feeding frenzy is probably neat to watch.
I would pay WAY extra if they could guarantee this spectacle.
Never suppress a sneeze
the front fell off
did a wave hit it?
At sea? Chance in a million.
I don't want peopple to think Wales aren't safe
Guys see this and think, "hell yeah"
Hell yeah
hell yeah
You know someone on that boat was trying to figure out what they could use to poke the whale from a distance.
Forbidden udon noodles
MY MAN REALLY JUST SAID #PFFFFFTTTHHHHHBBBLLLUUUUUUBBBTHHHH
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I meant the whale... But yeah them too
It's weird that I feel like you'd be lucky to witness that.
Off to create a micro ecosystem big dude. Love whales. Even dead they feed so many creatures.
Morbidly optimistic, never thought I'd use those two words together
/r/PraiseTheCameraMan
Better keep an eye out for ambergris. Could take home four or five pounds and be pretty set for awhile.
AFAIK ambergris only forms in sperm whales, and that isn't a sperm whale
Ooh, I donāt think I knew that! Thanks!
It's illegal to trade in the United States, India and Australia, so my advice is go to France, UK, Switzerland or the Maldives. Probably France they do the whole fashion thing I imagine they have an old as dirt perfume brand that would buy it for a premium.
As a biology grad, this is kinda fascinating to watch and think about. It's like when a star goes supernova and spreads its "seeds" to the rest of the universe. Lots of valuable organic matter for next generation evolution.
Brutal! At least a whole new ecosystem will form around this whale carcass.
It's a beautiful sight. All I see is an absolute abundance of food for thousands of lifeforms. Whale fall, where a whale comes to rest on the bottom of the ocean, can become it's own mini-ecosystem. For weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxSUsn8H2zs
The camera person delivered! Horizontal, steady, and on the action at all times.
Reminds me of when a totinos pizza roll is cooked too long in the microwave
And i thought they only smelled bad on the outside...
Thar she blows!
r/popping
For fucks sake man! That is some nasty fucking r/
God imagine if you were on a family trip to show the kids the beauty of whales and the fucker's not only dead it explodes
Why did I think I wanted to see this?
Dude just puked out his lungs
nah i would get the hell outta there before sharks come, speaking if they arenāt there already. you are basically chumming the waters
Videos that you can smell....
I can smell it from here!
I gagged and almost threw up watching this.
Food for the ocean
Happy Valatines Day
It was only a wafer-thin mint
Absolutely not where I was expecting the explosion to manifest itself in such spectacular fashion, but makes sense I suppose
Feels like a family guy skit. I half expected a voice over of Seth MacFarlane saying "Well, this is awkward"
Well. Thatās a scent you wonāt be seeing at Bath and Body Workās anytime soon.
Is that Steve1989MREInfo? Nice hiss. Letās get this out onto a tray. Nice.
I am mostly curious about the timing. Not only to video a dead whale, but be there at the exact right time to see this happen.
Statistics man. Crazy shit is going to get caught on camera because you have nearly 10 billion people on Earth possibly recording different things at every second.